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April 28, 2026

Lessuggestie bij hoofdstuk 15

Dit is een lessugestie bij hoofdstuk 15 van het boek De kracht van verbinding Leerdoel: studenten kunnen dwarsverbanden identificeren in een maatschappelijke casus en kunnen beargumenteren welke bijdrage hun discipline kan leveren aan een beter inzicht in of oplossing voor deze problematiek

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Edwin van Meerkerk

October 29, 2025

Sedak tempered +

In this recorded presentation from glasstec 2024, Julian Hänig introduces sedak's new product, sedak tempered+, a glass designed without optical anisotropies. Anisotropies are strain patterns that become visible as rainbow colors or spots in tempered glass, caused by non-uniform stress during the rapid cooling of the tempering process. While standards classify this as a characteristic and not a defect, it remains undesirable for architects. Using light scanners to quantify these stress patterns, sedak developed a new tempering technology that eliminates the visible anisotropies present even in the highest standard quality class (Class A). The result is a superior glass product that enables completely homogeneous and undisturbed glass facades, fulfilling a key demand in modern architecture. Special thanks to Messe Düsseldorf GmbH for providing the footage, and to Julian Hänig for contributing to the Open GLASSroom OER collection. The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project's national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.

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Julian Hänig

October 27, 2025

Luxottica Headquarter

In this video Nicola Greco explains the design and technical challenges of creating a fully transparent "crystal" building for the Luxottica headquarters in Milan's historical Palazzo Litta garden. The central architectural concept was achieved using a double-skin facade, which balances maximum transparency with high energy performance. Key challenges included selecting high-quality, low-iron glass with specialized coatings to minimize visual distortion and minimizing the visual impact of framing to maintain transparency. The passively ventilated double-skin facade provides a thermal buffer in winter and uses natural ventilation to remove heat in summer, with its performance validated through detailed steady-state and CFD simulations. The design also integrated innovative maintenance solutions, such as a rope access system within the cavity, to preserve the building's clean aesthetic. Special thanks to Nicola Greco for contributing to the Open GLASSroom OER collection. The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project's national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.

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Nicola Greco

October 12, 2025

Glass Sustainability: Reduce

In this video Mauro Overend and Rebecca Hartwell outline strategies to meet EU net-zero targets by addressing both demand-side and supply-side emissions. Demand-side approaches, influenced by designers, include using less material through efficient structural design, relaxing deflection limits to allow for thinner glass, and improving building energy performance with high-performance glazing. A key focus is increasing the use of recycled glass cullet, which can reduce melting energy and process emissions, though current post-consumer cullet use remains below 5%. Supply-side approaches involve the glass industry switching to low-carbon energy sources like hydrogen or electricity and exploring alternative raw materials to reduce process emissions. The video concludes that a combination of smarter design, increased recycling, and cleaner production is essential for reducing the glass sector's environmental footprint. The video was produced by the Open GLASSroom project. Special thanks to Mauro Overend and Rebecca Hartwell for contributing to the Open GLASSroom OER collection. The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project's national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.

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Mauro Overend, Rebecca Hartwell

October 12, 2025

Glass Processing

In this video Martina Eliášová explains the various cold-working techniques used to cut and shape standard float glass panes after production. The video outlines that mechanical processing is a fundamental step all flat glass undergoes and includes key operations like cutting, grinding, and drilling. Several cutting methods are described: the traditional surface-cut and break method, diamond disc cutting for thicker glass, laser cutting, and water jet cutting, which has the advantage of avoiding thermal stress. The video also details edge grinding, a process crucial for safety, aesthetics, and increasing the glass's strength by removing micro-cracks from cutting. Furthermore, it covers drilling, typically performed with diamond-coated tubular drills, and notes the specific standards that govern hole placement and dimensions. A key point emphasized is that all mechanical processing must be completed before the glass undergoes any thermal tempering process. The video was produced by the Open GLASSroom project. Special thanks to Martina Eliášová for contributing to the Open GLASSroom OER collection. The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project's national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.

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Martina Eliasova

September 25, 2025

Information literacy (e-learning course)

With this e-learning course, students develop a basic level of information literacy. The module is designed for first-year students who want to master the basics of information literacy. The module is divided into five steps: orientation and specification, planning and searching, critical evaluation, organization and processing, and publishing and communication.

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Bibliotheek Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen

June 6, 2025

How To Write A Quantitative Research Paper

So, you need to write a ‘quantitative’ research paper, and you want to know: what is the correct way of writing such a paper? The answer is, unfortunately: it depends … For one, there is no universally accepted, ‘correct’ way of writing any paper in the social sciences in general. Moreover, even just within the so-called ‘quantitative’ research tradition specifically, there exist different viewpoints on what makes for a good research paper. To muddy things up even further, how to write a paper will also depend on the specific research question(s) that it addresses. Hence, even the same scientist might opt for varying approaches in different papers. Having said that, it is possible to identify some common rules and practices that are often followed, as well as a number of practices that should generally be avoided. Based on these common rules and practices, this document is meant to help you on your way with writing a ‘quantitative’ research paper by offering a number of tips, tricks and rules-of-thumb. None of these rules and practices are set in stone, and you (or your teacher/supervisor) may have excellent arguments to deviate from them. However, in general, following them will greatly increase the quality of your paper.

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Alex Lehr, Roderick Sluiter

September 4, 2024

Organisational Guide Interdisciplinary Education

This guide is aimed at teachers that are looking to (re-)develop interdisciplinary or interdepartmental/interfaculty education. In addition it is useful for those teachers that intend to develop multi- or transdisciplinary educational initiatives that will have to work across departmental or faculty boundaries. This guide comprises the entire organizational design-, execution-, and evaluation process for educational endeavours. In addition, significant attention is given to the development of the content of the education, which is a process that may take place simultaneously with the organizational development, or take place separately. Content matters can be found in step 4. We recommend reading this guide in its entirety before starting with step 1. Although the steps are placed in a recommended order, in practice steps might overlap (in time) with others. Also, it will be beneficial per se to have an overview of ‘what’s to come’ before embarking on an educational (re-)development journey. The process of creating this guide is ongoing. We cannot anticipate every scenario, nor can overlook specific details. Therefore, if you run into any questions, or discover omissions that need to be remedied or added, discuss it with your colleagues and please be so kind as to alert the developers of this guide Caspar Schoevaars (c.m.schoevaars@uu.nl) or Margreet van der Ham (m.h.vanderham@uu.nl). Corrections, suggestions, gratitude and additional best practices are always welcomed!

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Programma Interdisciplinair Onderwijs

March 13, 2024

2C2C - Classification Criteria for Substantiation through Scholarship / 2C20 - ClassificatieCriteria voor Onderbouwing middels Onderzoek

To communicate transparently about the origin and substantiation of (educational) tools, Utrecht University's Interdisciplinary Education programme has developed classification criteria. These criteria allow potential users of a tool to assess at a glance whether the tool - given its origin and substantiation - can be supportive in developing, implementing or evaluating an innovative educational task. A tool is evaluated by the developer or publisher along two lines: Theoretical Foundation (TF) and Empirical Foundation (EF), together these lines lead to a classification of the type of resource(s) on which the tool is based. Om transparant te communiceren over de herkomst en onderbouwing van (onderwijs)tools heeft het programma Interdisciplinair Onderwijs (IDO) van de Universiteit Utrecht classificatiecriteria ontwikkeld. Middels deze criteria kunnen potentiële gebruikers van een tool in één oogopslag inschatten of de tool – gezien herkomst en onderbouwing – ondersteunend kan zijn bij het ontwikkelen, uitvoeren of evalueren van een innovatieve onderwijstaak. Een IDO-tool wordt door de ontwikkelaar of uitgever langs twee lijnen geëvalueerd: Theoretische Fundering (TF) en Empirische Fundering (EF), gezamenlijk leiden deze lijnen tot een classificatie van het type bron(nen) waarop de tool gebaseerd is.

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Programma Interdisciplinair Onderwijs

2024

Teaching Open Science Principles and Practices to Research Students [february 2024]

This workshop has the following topics: What is open science, and why it is important Live overview of using OSF.io Approaches to teaching research students open science practices

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Jeff Buckley